Chapter 3: Consciousness and the Two- Track Mind

LSD

LSD

________ (lysergic acid diethylamide), also known as acid, cuaes emotions that vary from euphori to detachment to panic.

Ectasy

________ is also known as MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and known as* Molly* in its powder form.

Brains motor cortex

________ is active and makes you basically paralyzed except for some twitching.

Dopamine

________ and opioids temporarily calm anxiety and reduce pain sensitivity.

immune system

Suppresses the ________, impares memory, and slows thought and disrupts sleep.

Insomnia

________:** recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.

Hallucinogens

________:** psychedelic " (mind- manifesting) "drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.

Halluciens

________ distort perception and evoke sensory images in absence of sensory input.

Heavy drinking

________ can have long- term effects of the brain and cognition.

Selective attention

________ allows our awareness focuses on a aspect of all that we experience.

Large doses

________ causes slow reactions, slurred speech, and worse skill performance.

limbic brain

Enhances ________ responses to the sight of food and decrease are willingness to resist the temptation.

Amphetamines

________:** drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes.

Methamphetamine

________:** a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with accelerated body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels.

Barbituates

________ depress the nervous system like alcohol.

depress neural activity

Opiates:** opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; ________, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.

Alpha

________ Waves:** the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.

visual stimulus

Blindsight:** a condition in which a person can respond to a(n) ________ without consciously experiencing it.

REM sleep

________ tricks you into responding as if your dream was fully real.

Conscious experience

________ comes from synchronized activity across the brain.

Alcohol

________ can disrupt memory formations.

Marijuana

LSD, MDMA, and ________ are phsycdelics.

Crack Cocaine

________ is a faster working mixture giving an intense high followed with an intense crash.

Psychology

________ explores the biology of psychologists.

Cognitive neuroscience

________ are researching and mappin functions of the conscious cortex.

Cocaine

________:** a powerful and addictive stimulant derived from the coca plant; produces temporarily increased alertness and euphoria.

Sleep

________:** a periodic, natural loss of consciousness- as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation.

Neuroscientist

________ linked brain activity to sleeping, dreaming, and other mental states.

Slows reactions

________ and increases errors on tasks that require visual attention.

Nicotine

________:** a stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco.

complex concept

It focuses our attention when we learn a(n) ________ and /or behavior.

chronic bronchitis

Is predictive of increased risk of traffic accidents, ________, psychosis, social anxiety disorder, and suicidal thoughts.

Delta

________ Waves:** the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.

Genitals become

________ aroused during REM sleep, except during nightmares or scary dreams.

Strong signals

________ in one brain area can cause activity in other places.

Epinephrine

________ and norepinephrine desmished appetite and boosts alertness and mental efficiency.

external visual stimulus

Hallucinations:** false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of a(n) ________.

Narcolepsy

________:** a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks.

Consciousness

________:** our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment.

Night Terrors

________:** a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, ________ occur during NREM- 3 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered.

time of awareness of intention

When the actual decision to move happens when the brain activity crosses a threshold, causing the average "________ to move "(about 0.15 seconds before the action)

physical abuse

Girls with history of depression, eating disorders, or sexual or ________ are more likely to develop a substance use disorder.

Stimulus

________ activates enough coordinated neural activity.

species sleep pattern

A(n) ________ is suited to fit its ecological niche.

Sleep deprivation increase ghrelin

________ (hunger- arousing hormone), and also decreases leptin (hunger suppressing hormone)

Depressants

________ are drugs that calm neural activity and slow body functions.

Stimulants

________ increase neural activity and speeds up bodily functions.

Unconscious parallel processing

________ is faster than conscious sequential processing.

SCN

In response to light, the ________ causes the pineal gland to adjust melatonin production, thus modifying our feelings of sleepiness.

Inattentional Blindness

________:** failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.